{"id":34761,"date":"2013-11-17T03:14:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T03:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=34761"},"modified":"2013-11-17T03:14:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T03:14:36","slug":"victoria-to-fly-flag-in-memory-of-executed-metis-leader-louis-riel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=34761","title":{"rendered":"Victoria to fly flag in memory of executed M\u00e9tis leader Louis Riel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/victoria-to-fly-flag-in-memory-of-executed-m%C3%A9tis-leader-louis-riel-1.697991\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria to fly flag in memory of executed M\u00e9tis leader Louis Riel<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\" target=\"_blank\">Times Colonist<\/a><br \/>\nVictoria, British Columbia<br \/>\n2013-11-15<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"mailto:rwatts@timescolonist.com\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Watts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The infinity-embossed flag of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=414\" target=\"_blank\">M\u00e9tis<\/a> Nation will fly at municipalities around <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Columbia\" target=\"_blank\">B.C.<\/a> as they proclaim Saturday as <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Riel\" target=\"_blank\">Louis Riel<\/a> Day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victoria,_British_Columbia\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Langford,_British_Columbia\" target=\"_blank\">Langford<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sidney,_British_Columbia\" target=\"_blank\">Sidney<\/a> have agreed to the proclamation. Victoria has even agreed to fly the flag of the M\u00e9tis Nation, a white infinity symbol (a sideways \u201c8\u201d) on a solid blue, black or red background.<\/p>\n<p>Today, at Royal Roads University in the Blue Heron House, M\u00e9tis culture will be showcased with a short film, bannock and tea, from 10 a.m. to noon.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Bresser, president of <a href=\"http:\/\/mngv.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">M\u00e9tis Nation Greater Victoria<\/a>, said the celebration is part of a growing recognition across Canada that now sees Riel, not as an executed villain but as a defender of the M\u00e9tis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is now recognized not as a traitor but somebody fighting for his people and the rights and property of people that were being taken advantage of,\u201d said Bresser.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Bresser said, M\u00e9tis people are now being recognized as legitimate builders of the modern country&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the entire article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timescolonist.com\/victoria-to-fly-flag-in-memory-of-executed-m%C3%A9tis-leader-louis-riel-1.697991\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria to fly flag in memory of executed M\u00e9tis leader Louis Riel Times Colonist Victoria, British Columbia 2013-11-15 Richard Watts The infinity-embossed flag of the M\u00e9tis Nation will fly at municipalities around B.C. as they proclaim Saturday as Louis Riel Day. Victoria, Langford and Sidney have agreed to the proclamation. Victoria has even agreed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1649,12,19,459,8,3015,26],"tags":[16388,2138,16386,16387,5336],"class_list":["post-34761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anthropology","category-articles","category-canada","category-history","category-media-archive","category-native-americans","category-politics","tag-bill-bresser","tag-british-columbia","tag-richard-watts","tag-times-colonist","tag-victoria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34761\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}